SIU hands over final Nkandla report

Johannesburg - The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has
handed over its final report on Nkandla to President Jacob Zuma, it said on
Thursday.

"The SIU wishes to announce that it handed its final
report to the presidency late yesterday afternoon, that is, 20 August 2014,"
spokesperson Boy Ndala said.

Zuma submitted a response on the R246m upgrades to his
private Nkandla homestead in KwaZulu-Natal to National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete last week Thursday.

The presidency said he had taken all reports into account.

3 different investigations

There were three different investigations into the upgrades,
done by the joint standing committee on intelligence, the public protector, and
the SIU.

Earlier this year, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela found
Zuma and his family had unduly benefited from the upgrades and recommended that
he repay some of the money.

Zuma declined to respond to Madonsela's report in full
within the required fortnight and said instead he would wait for the SIU's findings.

Public spending on security upgrades at his Nkandla
homestead have turned into one of the major controversies of the Zuma
presidency, as costs escalated to R246m. It emerged the project included a pool
(dubbed a "firepool" by government), an amphitheatre, a cattle kraal,
and a chicken run, among others.

Ad hoc committee

On Friday, Madonsela's office said the response handed to
Mbete by Zuma did not respond to Madonsela's report.

The presidency and the African National Congress's chief
whip Stone Sizani disagreed with Madonsela's statement saying Zuma had
responded.

The National Assembly on Tuesday resolved to set up an ad
hoc committee to consider Zuma's response.